A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Finschhafen in Papua New Guinea. Exact location of event, depth 64.03 km, 147.7433° East, -6.2713° South. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:36:59 / 7:36 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 23/12/17 / 2017-12-23 21:36:59 / December 23, 2017 @ 9:36 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us1000bvg2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bvg2. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 64.03 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 98 km (61 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lae (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 39 km NNW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea.
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